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of the state of california has received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheering] [applause] >> alright here's how the vote finally broke down. mccarthy with 216, hakeem jeffries got 212. and six voted present which help mccarthy clinch the gavel by reducing the number of votes he needed for the majority. ♪ usa too. >> in the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. hooks ultimately the past several days were about negotiations. mccarthy agreed to a range of things. from only one la...

tonight on "the reidout" -- >> we have got to get to proceedings. >> there has to be somewhere we can maintain the sense that people have that there is some security or some confidence that government can function and that we can elect a president of the united states. >> it's been exactly two years since the january 6th insurrection. and watching nancy pelosi's leadership in a crisis is a stark contrast to how we currently have no speaker of the house at all. and while kevin mccarthy may have gained votes today, he has now lost the speaker's race 13 times. not exactly inspiring conf...

won the week two. all in with chris hayes starts now. l in with chris hayes starts now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris. hayes i want to get ahead of the story. it appears this long week may be coming to a close and more ways than one. if grading on a curve, strong curve, would be speaker of the house kevin mccarthy had his best day yet today. i should say he still lost two more rounds of votes. he did manage to win over most of his detractors, including some previous hard-liners. and, for the first time, he actually won more votes in the democratic challenger, hakeem jeffri...

midterm election season and an all-out dash to the finish line with many key races coming down to the wire. critical battleground states of georgia, nevada, arizona and pennsylvania could tip the balance of power to either party in washington. many voters have already made up their minds. more than 38 million early ballots have been cast in 47 states. president biden and former president obama and trump alhe of pennsylvania this weekend where a razor close race could hold the key to a senate majority. cnn's jessica dean and jeff zeleny are tracking all the action on the campaign trai...

will kevin mccarthy be the speaker of the january 6th, 2024 -- that's a pretty -- i don't know if i would bet for him to -- last a year? >> i take that that in the opposite. >> i think i probably would, yes. -- >> given the fact that, in an hour, we are going to have the 14th vote, i mean -- i'm not a betting lady but have a good weekend, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are now just one hour away from the house of representatives coming back to the session at 10 pm eastern, this evening, to potentially end this now historically an embarrassing -- of ...